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Over seven million people in Spain come from another country, with many having arrived in the EU member state by irregular means | Photo: C. Lucas Abreu / Madrid Destino / picture-alliance
Under Switzerland's direct democracy system, citizens can trigger popular votes by collecting 100,000 valid signatures within 18 months | Photo: Anthony Anex/Keystone/picture-alliance
File photo used for illustration: Mustafa Khater, a 28-year-old charity kitchen worker who fled with his pregnant wife a few days before el-Fasher fell to the RSF, walks at his neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, January 14, 2026 | Photo: Khaled el Fiqi/ AP
Many Afghans in Iran are trying to return to their homeland via border crossings such as Islam Qala | Photo: Mohsen Karimi/AFP
Spain's public health system has excluded irregular migrants for years but the government has signalled that it is now prepared to change course | Photo: picture-alliance/AA/E. Aydin